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Working to get the lights back on in Puerto Rico

by Marketplace Weekend Staff
Dec 1, 2017
Crews from New York are among those restoring power in Old San Juan.
Con Edison crews from New York help restore power in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Mark Dye
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The Army Corps of Engineers is tasked with turning the lights back on in Puerto Rico

by Ryan Kailath
Oct 20, 2017
The mission: Put things back the way they were, including 62,000 telephone poles.
A car drives under tilted power line poles in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Humacao, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 2.
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In an era when water ownership sparks disputes, one Georgia water agency wants to share its supply

by Marketplace Contributor
Jul 27, 2017
Use less water, share more of it. One Georgia water agency bucks the water wars stereotype.
The pond at Starr’s Mill is one of the reservoirs that Fayette County operates. The water system is allowed to use water from this reservoir, but it doesn’t, choosing instead to let it flow downstream for other uses. 
Molly Samuel/for Marketplace
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Renewable energy capacity tops coal

by Andy Uhler
Oct 25, 2016
Renewable energy just overtook coal as the world’s largest source of electricity capacity, but the U.S. still lags. Why is that, and what will it take to bring the U.S. into line with the rest of the world? CORRECTION (Oct. 27, 2016): This story’s headline was updated to reflect that renewable energy is the largest source […]
   
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Near Jamestown, Dominion power line battles history

by Scott Tong
Aug 18, 2015
A need for modern infrastructure is weighed against preserving a famed river view.
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Your electric car may be a carbon polluter

by Adam Allington
Aug 3, 2015
Some electric cars may cause more carbon pollution than a standard gasoline engine.
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Making electricity demand match the supply

by Marketplace Contributor
Jun 25, 2015
Denmark gets some 40 percent of its power from wind energy — but it's aiming for even more.
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Backing up the power grid with homemade electricity

by Scott Tong
Jun 19, 2015
Connecticut is trying microgrids that keep going when the main utility fails.
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A call to invest in safety of the power grid

by Scott Tong
Apr 21, 2015
Department of Energy proposes billions in investment in power grid infrastructure.
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How money gets burned

by Jed Kim
Mar 13, 2015
Hundreds of tons of shredded money are burned each year to generate electricity.
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